"spirit of 9legacy: keep the older systems usable and interoperable without turning them into museum pieces."
Who gave u that idea?! I never heard an official statement on the matter at all... On Friday, May 8, 2026, Yaroslav K <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I’ve completed a full backport of git9 to the 4th Edition / 9legacy > environment. Earlier attempts existed, and I reviewed the 9legacy > patches carefully, but even with all undocumented dependencies > applied, the result still wasn’t in a state where the same codebase > could run unmodified across systems. > > Instead of stacking more patches, I focused on the concrete > incompatibilities that the port actually encountered: differences > in rc syntax, flag parsing, libc interfaces, date/time formatting, > awk behaviour, and the availability of certain helper utilities. > None of these were major individually, but together they prevented > a clean build and consistent behaviour on 4e. > > The goal was to make git9 edition-agnostic without forking much of > the code. The result now builds and runs cleanly on both 9front > and 4e/9legacy. > > In practical terms, this meant replacing newer rc constructs with > legacy-compatible forms, avoiding the 9front-specific aux/getflags > syntax, steering clear of newer libc calls like Bfdopen, using date > formatting primitives available on both systems, working around awk > differences, and importing a small set of auxiliary utilities so > that behaviour matches across both environments. The PR contains > the full details, but the overarching theme is reducing shallow > incompatibilities rather than introducing edition‑specific branches. > > To install the port, use the contrib mechanism: > > contrib/install yk/git > > The RFC PR is here for anyone who wants to review or discuss the > approach: > > https://github.com/9front/9front/pull/2 > > This is offered in the spirit of 9legacy: keep the older systems > usable and interoperable without turning them into museum pieces. > Feedback is welcome, especially from anyone running mixed environments > or interested in cross‑edition compatibility. > > Thanks, > Yaroslav Kolomiiets ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Td167d7e8cebadcc4-M2216c527d6da083c2ada898c Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
